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Aion Teleos NPCs ([personal profile] aionpcs) wrote in [community profile] aionchat2022-07-10 02:52 pm
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THE REGENT'S ADDRESS [OPEN TO ALL]

[It comes on fast, once the Regent has your spirit in their hold. Around you, you may see other Aions stumble in the same moment, as if shaken by the same tectonic motion. An inexorable darkness claws at your senses, and you have only a few moments, hard fought, to reposition yourself so that you don't simply drop to the ground when it overtakes you. It has similarities to Communion, to the way another entity's thoughts and words reach out to your mind, but by the same token it's entirely foreign.

This presence is not like another person, it is like a raging, screaming cacophony that drowns out everything else in its path. Whether you be Kenoma or Pleroma, the Regent's presence in this metaphysical realm is staggering. To the Pleroma, though, it also feels caustic, as if the movement of their aura is enough to erode your own, with time.

Gradually, a new world forms. Unlike other Communions, where you are ultimately grounded in reality, here you can been dragged to what seems to be its own distinct psychic realm. A vast, void-filled courtroom, where only the throne at its front has a defined form. Around you, you see shadows of other people, other Aions, that have summoned along with you... but for the moment they seem spectral and unclear, their identities obscured by the realm's aggressive focus on its master.

The Regent sits at their throne, their body swathed in dark fabrics that drift and flutter like smoke. They have no face to be seen, only a faceted silver mask, without any markings or the barest indication of what might be beneath it. Their size is indistinct, maybe a bit taller than you are. They at first sit reclined, but straight up as their 'guests' arrive.]


It's been a long time coming, my subjects.

[At first, they are the only one that can be heard. Though you feel as if you have some physical presence here, a shadowy body of your own, if you attempt to speak no sound emerges.]

To the Pleroma: well done surviving thus far. Granted, I feel as if my Kenoma have made things easy for you. How strange, that most of you were allowed to wander a city within my empire without recourse. Able to summon that wretched creature to your side, even.

I hope you've enjoyed yourself, in the time you've had, because this will be no more. You've spread your infection in Venera, in Godsblood, and it is only necessary that these wounds be cleansed by the touch of the Kenoma. Your presence gives the people ideas... ideas that would disrupt the fragile peace they've come to enjoy, after so many years of suffering. As a kindness, I will only trim the vine, rather than burn the vineyard. What Venerans have taken up your cause, I will see shorn from my empire. And in Godsblood... an example will be made, as of the Sovereign's moon.

My Kenoma will do this for me. Fight them, if you want. But know that I am no longer asking for your fealty. I am demanding it.

[As if opening their court for questions, you will find yourself more able to act. Those that speak or take action will find their physical forms taking shape, standing in the court as people rather than shadows. If you want to question the Regent, now is the time to do so.

OOC: This post is a free for all! We will try to response as the Regent to people who directly engage with them, but you are also allowed to threadjack and interact with each other if you like. Please note that we will not be responding to tag ins done later than the 12th.]
vapour: (pic#15097146)

[personal profile] vapour 2022-07-10 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
We are going to wait for the moon?
coerthantorment: (135)

[personal profile] coerthantorment 2022-07-10 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[As soon as the force preventing them from speaking or acting is released, Estinien already knows what he's going to do. He's furious at the Regent's presence and words, revolted by the way they speak of what happened in Venera. He already knows this may be futile, but he has to at least try.

Though this space is seemingly nonliteral, Estinien summons up his draconic power, leaping into the air. He aims a Stardiver attack directly at the Regent's form. No matter what happens, he refuses to have been said to have tolerated their intrusion.]
hundredpower: (178)

[personal profile] hundredpower 2022-07-10 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Barnaby feels a tight anger in his chest, but ever the professional, he appears perfectly calm as he speaks up.]

Then we'll await your further orders until then. Who will be made an example of in Godsblood?
locumstudentesquire: (GRRR BARK BARK)

[personal profile] locumstudentesquire 2022-07-10 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[As pacifistic as he is, as reluctant as he has been to condemn the Kenoma simply on the basis of their alliance? Ryunosuke has no such compunction regarding the Regent.

The whole experience of being pulled in here is terrifying, of course. That this... Entity has the power to force them into a mindscape like this, with the receiving parties not even needing to remove their shards as one would require to participate in a normal Communion? That must take a great deal of power. And then, to not only pull that off, but to make it impossible for any of them to speak or act as well?

He's scared. Of course he's scared. The thing about Ryunosuke, though, is that in dire situations such as this, his self-righteous anger will almost always outweigh his fear. Indeed, he chafes against the restrictions placed on him, against the Regent's very presence, as any Pleroma would, but he perhaps even makes things even harder on himself than he needs to, seething viciously under this imposed state of inaction.

He bursts out at the first opportunity he's given, calling out the Regent directly:]


You--! You torment these people, treat the citizens of Horos in this... This despicable manner! These people who you claim to have authority over, to be protecting... What entitles you to do ANY of this?! What gives you the right!?
youngprodigy: (∄ speak up)

[personal profile] youngprodigy 2022-07-10 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
No.

I refuse to have anything to do with this tyranny.

[Venera's Aion was an Artisan. He won't stand idly back.]
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[personal profile] vapour 2022-07-10 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
... [ Feh. Seriously? Damn tiresome indeed. He's not cut out for the political strategy and this doesn't sound at all fun for him.

When will the Regent just let him them actually destroy stuff and people in direct display :( ... Anyway, he's totally just going to be silent and sulk about it.
]
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[personal profile] lachtara 2022-07-10 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Though the summons is somewhat jarring in its haste, he gathers himself within a few brief moments. It's enough to come to terms with the current state of being and look around to see many more indistinct presences gathered here. Much more than the Kenoma are in number. After the words are spoken and the forms take shape are his suspicions realized.

Oh For the ABSOLUTE Love of-

The scowl that crosses his face is thick with exasperation and for a moment he pinches the bridge of his nose with his fingers. Something can be said for the boldness of this but something quite different can be said about telling the adversary of the exact intent of when to execute plans and give them time to react. Just how many strategic advantages did they seem intent on squandering?

And then the other Kenoma start asking questions of the when and where. Yes, give the Pleroma all the information on their intended targets too, why not.

And then to the Regent, with a voice coached to be calm, "Is there room to ask questions outside of such a public fora," He flicks a hand sharply to the rest. "As it seems we have rather vociferous guests."
vapour: (ujty)

[personal profile] vapour 2022-07-10 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
That was the entire point, Emet-Selch. Since the Regent decided to do this in the first place, no reason to go halvesies, as far as Childe's concerned.

Giving you the middle finger Grandpa, he totally knows what you're getting at with that emphasis on outside. >:C
Edited 2022-07-10 20:11 (UTC)
semicharmed: (spells in the dark)

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[personal profile] semicharmed 2022-07-10 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Call Matt an idiot if you will, but he thought they were here to remake the universe. What does fragile peace have to do with anything? Wouldn't even a robust peace be fragile because of how it all has to end ASAP? He supposes it makes sense to demand the Pleromas' fealty in the sense that their power could really be helpful, but the framing of this is all so ... political.

Here in the realm of communion, it doesn't seem entirely safe to have stray thoughts. Matt works to smother the sub rosa as soon as it arises: This isn't what I signed up for. This isn't what I signed up for--

He's gone very still in his mind, like the Regent is some kind of terrible lizard who won't see him if he doesn't move. That said, you know when someone's trying so hard not to be noticed that they actually become more conspicuous? Fellows Aions may catch him briefly taking on color and delineation before he fades back into shadow. ]
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[personal profile] subsist 2022-07-10 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ this experience is just as unnerving as the time the regent reached through his mind for a more accurate account of what happened at venera. he doesn't have anything to say for the longest time despite the questions he has. it makes sense that the regent won't give out more specific instructions, because why give the pleroma that information, but then &dmdash;

why summon them here at all? ]


... Ah.

[ another possibility crops up in his head. perhaps this is just another way to hit two birds with one stone. ]

Duly noted, Your Excellency. I'm sure our guests appreciate the fair warning.
youngprodigy: (∝ because you are)

[personal profile] youngprodigy 2022-07-10 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's too angry to be unsettled. That'll come later, when here's had time to process everything that's happened.]

That's where you're wrong. That everything dies, even the universe itself, doesn't mean that life is pointless!
vapour: (pic#15154906)

sorry

[personal profile] vapour 2022-07-10 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
... [ wasn't going to move from his spot but decides to walk over to where Matt is fading in and out before he's going to slap him when it's clear he's in some kind of bad mental loop as soon as he oscillates back from being shadowy once more (whatever number fade in they're on by now.)

This is bad, knock it off, please.
]
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[personal profile] snakeandfangs 2022-07-10 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Get tw---

[ he doesn't even think. his fingers go to his hood and he lowers it, ready to let that command out, the first two syllables as loud as he can make them. all he can feel is red hot anger at this sudden intrusive act of drawing everyone into the same place. he can feel his throat already burning, toge ready to do what he has to cripple the shadowy figure in front of them all.

but it's simply recognizing figures around him that causes him to stop, cover his mouth before he goes any further. so all he can do is bristle, stare daggers at the regent, wish that he could do something without causing collateral damage, and pull his hood back up. ]


... bonito flakes.
hundredpower: (166)

[personal profile] hundredpower 2022-07-10 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Understood. [And although the individual will remain a surprise for now, it still piques his curiosity further.]

Does this cell have a name, if they are so well-established?
locumstudentesquire: (>:()

[personal profile] locumstudentesquire 2022-07-10 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Call him small, call him weak and insignificant... Whatever! He's heard it all before. Get better insults, Regent.

Ryu is basically vibrating in place, from a combination of both fear and anger, but he's not at all dissuaded by this response.]


That's it? That's your justification for all this? Seriously!?
semicharmed: (what do you want?)

[personal profile] semicharmed 2022-07-10 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Ow!

[ Matt, now standing out bright and clear against the shadows, clutches his cheek and regards Childe with a look that's somewhere between wounded and exasperated.

But good news, he's definitely been startled out of any moral quagmires he might have entertained. ]


What the fuck happened to hello?
vapour: (pic#15709244)

[personal profile] vapour 2022-07-10 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ nice! Childe smiles, like he totally didn't have anything to do with that slapping thing. ] Hello, sweetheart. Welcome to tonight's circus extravaganza.


[ because honestly he's concluded the Regent is incredibly bored and feels like Twitter fighting the Pleroma more than anything looking for an outlier here. ]

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